Scientists close in on vaccine for dengue

Results of the first ever dengue vaccine clinical trials to have got to Phase-3 were published yesterday in the world’s most reputed science journal, The Lancet.

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The first ever vaccine for malaria has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, meaning it is close to being introduced for use in Africa.

As reports of rising dengue fever cases continue to wreak havoc in the city, Tanzanian scientists have announced they are embarking on a comprehensive research on the disease in the affected areas and beyond.

>World Malaria Day was marked with optimism here following the release of findings on the new malaria jab, whose final trials were announced on Friday. But local researchers have been quick to caution that it might be too early to celebrate the results.

Alarms have been sounded in the past about the existence of the dengue virus in Tanzania but the latest scare of an outbreak in Dar es Salaam seems to have raised the profile of the disease, Thanks to media coverage.

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